This Life Cambodia

This Life Cambodia is a non-profit organization which believes communities are the experts in identifying and solving their own development issues.

Vision

This Life Cambodia’s vision is for vulnerable children, families and communities in Cambodia to be supported to access and create opportunities in this life.

Mission

To listen to, engage with and advocate alongside children, families and communities as they define and act on their own solutions to complex social challenges.

Value

As an organization This Life Cambodia will:

• Respect local culture and value local expertise
• Utilize rights-based and strengths-based approaches
• Contribute to evidence-based good practices
• Plan for sustainability, with clear entry and exit strategies
• Act with Integrity, accountability and transparency

Action with Family Care First (FCF)

This Life Cambodia will unite their efforts and expertise to reintegrate approximately 42 children into family-based care (direct family or kinship care), with a particular focus on children living in residential care institutes (RCI).

Working in close collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY), the project will cover Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.

This Life Cambodia also plans to train the reintegration practice with 100 social workers throughout the upcoming four 3-day trainings. It will help practitioners address the concept of knowledge translation and help address the “gap” between guidelines and practice. In the action cycle it will 1) adapt to local context 2) address the barriers of application 3) ensure quality practice is implemented 4) ensure outcomes are monitored 5) the acquired knowledge is reapplied in the organisations engaged in reintegration. Ongoing mentoring will also be provided through Skype calls to those who need additional support.